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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. One table of results would be sufficient, with the rest 'described in a few words'.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1914]

Endorsed on verso as received 19 May 1914.

Reference number
RR/21/100
Earliest possible date
1914
Physical description
Standardised form (type C)
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Sealy Edward Townsend

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John Sealy Edward Townsend, Referee's report by John Sealy Edward Townsend, on a paper 'The emission of electricity from various substances at high temperatures' by George William Clarkson Kaye and W F Higgins, 1914, RR/21/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_21_100/referees-report-by-john-sealy-edward-townsend-on-a-paper-the-emission-of-electricity-from-various-substances-at-high-temperatures-by-george-william-clarkson-kaye-and-w-f-higgins, accessed on 15 February 2025

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